Introduction 1
Chapter One Joseph Conrad and the Spatial Form of Literature 30
1.1 The Theory of Spatial Form 31
1.2 Spatial Art and Joseph Conrad 42
Chapter Two Time and Spatiality 57
2.1 Temporal Perspective in Modernist Novels 58
2.2 Spatialized Time in Conrad's Fiction 65
2.3 The Technique of Time-Freezing 69
2.4 Prolongation of Subjective Time:in the Case of a Moment of Winnie's Experience 92
Chapter Three Juxtaposition and Spatiality 96
3.1 Juxtaposition as a Means of Spatializing Fictional Structure 99
3.2 Juxtaposition in Conrad's Fiction 103
3.3 The Spatiality of Lord Jim 107
3.4 The Spatiality of Nostromo 134
Chapter Four Impressionism and Spatiality 160
4.1 Impressionism and Conrad 161
4.2 Impressionism in Conrad's Fiction 167
4.3 Spatiality Built up by Means of Impressionism 180
Chapter Five Spatiality beyond Space 184
5.1 Aesthetic Understanding of Spatiality 185
5.2 Epistemological Understanding of Spatiality 202
Conclusion 221
Bibliography 232